Staff Stuff

You may have noticed the “Staff Picks of the Month” section on the second floor of the library.
Each month, one or more library staff members select 20-25 books from our collection to display in the collaboration space.
For the month of March, I put together the collection based on the theme “Growth”. Each of …

Every day, a physical copy of the New York Times is available to patrons at the Gottesman libraries. If you get the paper delivered to you, you may have been as excited as we were to find that something special had come along with the Saturday paper two weeks ago. This edition of the weekend paper came …

Are you a Teachers College student, and, if so, what are you studying?
No, I am not a TC student. I am a recent graduate of Long Island University’s Palmer School Library Program.
Where’s your hometown?
Baltimore, Maryland
What did you want to be when you grew up?
In elementary school I was sure I’d …

Are you a Teachers College student, and, if so, what are you studying?
I'm not a TC student but in case you were wondering I studied library science and user experience at Pratt Institute!
Where’s your hometown?
San Diego, CA
What did you want to be when you grew up?
An astronaut but then chose …

In recent years, maker culture has emerged as an all-ages movement, marked by a DIY ethic and communal sharing of resources & knowledge. Makerspaces have popped up all over as centers where people come together to share resources, knowledge, and ‘stuff’* in their creative pursuits. This is an intriguing concept to a lot of librarians …

Computer stations are occupied, the scanners are buzzing, tensions are running a little high...
Oh yes, midterms have definitely begun!
Over at the reference desk, we've compiled a list of trusted crunch-time strategies from our days as undergraduate and graduate students, long long ago. Hope you'll give one or two (and especially number three) a …

Are you a Teachers College student, and, if so, what are you studying?
While I am not a TC student, I have long admired the tradition of progressive and innovative learning happening here. As a former educator, I find TC and EdLab an inspiring place to be for positive change in education and public service.
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Are you a Teachers College student, and, if so, what are you studying?
I'm coming in from outside the TC community; I got my MS in library and information science from St. John's University in May 2014, concentrating in academic librarianship, and did my undergrad at Wesleyan University in East Asian studies.
Where’s your hometown?
…

Are you a Teachers College student, and, if so, what are you studying?
No, I’m not but I’m a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and I like to consider myself a student of life.
Where’s your hometown?
I’m a native New Yorker. Born in Queens and raised on Long Island. But I’ve also lived in …

I just finished reading (well, listening to) "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" by Dr. Carol Dweck. I originally found this book in the book drop some time last year. I recently picked it up and really enjoyed it. Being that the hardcover copy is rather heavy, I decided to download the audiobook. I listened to …

Through March 23, the NYPL's Schwarzman Building is host to an illuminating exhibition on children's books: The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter. Although it's safe to say that most people in the TC community are already convinced that children's books matter, a peek at this show reveals the hidden historical context of many …

Hello! I’m Antonia, and I'm a new Services Associate at the Teachers College.
Are you a Teachers College student, and, if so, what are you studying?
No, I got my MSIS at the University of Texas at Austin, with emphases in research, outreach services, and archival work.
Where’s your hometown?
Baltimore, Maryland. John Waters is my …

Hi! I'm Alex, a recent transplant to New York and one of the new Services Associates. I'm looking forward to helping you with your library and research questions this semester. If you need help finding images to use in your work, I'm especially interested in image resources, so come find me if you need help …

Are you a Teachers College student, and, if so, what are you studying?
No, I graduated from Berklee College of Music, where I was a student supervisor at the library and media center for two years.
Where’s your hometown?
Rockville, Maryland, which is right next to the border of Washington, D.C.
What did you …

The Gottesman Library at TC is pretty easy to find, with its prominent location at the end of campus and its five floors of open study space and book shelves. But some libraries are more elusive, almost intentionally hard to find. Today, the New York Times noted that the City Hall Library, located inside New …

Returning TC community members might have noticed a couple new faces at the services desk in the last couple weeks. I’m one of those new faces!
My name is Cassandra Cuppy, I thought I’d let y’all know a little bit about me.
Where I’m from: Most of my family lives in Kansas, where I spent …

In The New York Times of Monday, August 27th, my eye cast upon the large script and full ad -- the "I Love My Librarian 2012 Award". Even more happily came the words on page C6 -- "Librarians in our nation's 122,000 libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of Americans every …

Perhaps you saw this article published last month in The New York Times, but in case you didn't, Ben Ratliff wrote a lovely piece about the serenity (or antiquity) of pursuing books at Columbia's Butler Library. Posed as a sort of love letter to the Butler stacks, Ratliff' writes of "renegotiating" his "relationship with space …

If you are a student or faculty member in the health sciences, or incorporating research on women's reproductive health into your work, you may want to know about the Guttmacher Institute. Guttmacher's mission is to "advance sexual and reproductive health and rights through an interrelated program of research, policy analysis and public education designed to …

This past weekend, I went on a Big Onion Walking Tour of Historic Brooklyn Heights. The tour ended at the Brooklyn Historical Society where we received a very brief orientation of the Othmer Library. This particular library has the largest collection of materials about Brooklyn, in addition to other historical documents about Long Island, the …